The historic Australian transport company K&S is about to put another feather in its cap by buying Northern Territory Freight Services or NTFS. K&S Managing Director Paul Sarant says the move will allow the company to expand freight services between Adelaide, Alice Springs and Darwin. Read more.

Ready access to backpackers keen to extend their holiday and a failure to curb the use of illegal labour are to blame for the limited uptake of a Government scheme to encourage farmers to hire Pacific Islanders, a World Bank report finds.